College Basketball

Florida State OL Manasse Itete plans to enter the NCAA transfer portal, per On3’s Hayes Fawcett. He will have three years of eligibility remaining. The 6-foot-6, 312-pound lineman spent his true freshman season in 2024 redshirting and practicing with the scout team. This past season, he made his FSU debut in the season-opening 77-3 win over East Texas A&M. Advertisement …

ACC play begins in earnest for the Carolina women with a trip to Boston College tomorrow, one day before the men play their first conference game at home against Florida State. This is not the ACC opener for the women—that was on Dec. 14, when they hosted Louisville. Unlike the men’s teams, all ACC women’s teams had one or two …

Michigan State basketball is back after the holiday break with one final non-conference matchup on Monday before diving back into Big Ten play. The Spartans will host the Cornell Big Red on Monday evening in their first game back in over a week. This marks the Spartans’ final non-conference game of the regular season, with an important ranked matchup against …

A clash with Utah is all that sits between Washington and the program’s second deep dive into Big Ten conference play. Husky Nation entered this season with higher expectations than previous years, let alone last year’s headache of a campaign, but hopefulness has shifted to worry. Early December was promising for the Huskies. A close loss to the Bruins stung, …

INDIANAPOLIS — Watching Butler guard Evan Haywood shoot a basketball is teaching tape material for the ideal jump shot. A great jump shot starts before the ball is in a shooter’s hand, and Haywood is always in position to shoot before receiving a pass. He’s on balance with a strong base and wastes no motion between catching the ball and …

With non-conference play completed for St. John’s, the holiday break is a good time to take stock in how the rest of the Big East is performing before action heats up in January, in order of their ranking in the conference’s preseason coaches’ poll. UConn 12-1 overall record (2-0 Big East) / AP #4 in the country (December 22) / …

EAST LANSING – Tom Izzo pulled Coen Carr into a meeting and polled him on a hypothetical situation: How would the Michigan State basketball junior feel if his Hall of Fame coach went out and brought back Miles Bridges to take his position? Don’t laugh. It’s getting closer to reality in college sports. Advertisement And it’s a question many coaches, …

WHO: No. 9 Michigan State (11–1, 2–0 Big Ten) vs. Cornell (6–5) WHEN: Monday, December 29th, 7:00 PM EST WHERE: Jack Breslin Student Events Center, East Lansing, MI WATCH: Fox Sports One STREAM: FuboTV After a nice long week filled with rest and relaxation, eggnog, caroling, and plenty of yuletide fun, Michigan State basketball returns to action to close out …

North Carolina went on a spending spree in the offseason to get bigger, faster and better on the perimeter. So far, it’s paid off. Those three upgrades have made the Tar Heels more versatile, and it’s showing with the frontcourt trio of Caleb Wilson, Henri Veesaar and Jarin Stevenson. While the backcourt has flashed how good it can be, there …

Last year’s Tar Heel men’s basketball team was small. How small? My son’s 2A high school started a larger line-up at every position. No, they weren’t nearly as skilled — although the big man does play professionally over in Europe now in one of the lower-level leagues. Reportedly, UNC’s NIL budget for this team grew from $4 million last season …

In the remaining 18 games of the regular season for No. 19 Ohio State women’s basketball, 17 are Big Ten matchups. On Sunday, arguably the toughest of the 17 games takes place in Columbus when the No. 4 UCLA Bruins come to the Schottenstein Center. Both teams return from a brief Christmas holiday break with different expectations. For the Bruins, …

North Carolina is off to its best start in 17 years as it concludes its nonconference slate with a 12-1 record and the No. 12 ranking in the AP Top 25. Here are the top three performers for UNC so far this season. Each has made a substantial impact on the team’s success, consistently delivering in key moments and setting …

Non-conference play is officially over in the MAAC. All 13 teams have finished their non-league slates, in addition to the two early December conference games they played. So where does the conference stand? It’s time for a reset of expectations, understanding, and everything else heading into the final 18 games of the season. Marist The Red Foxes were 9-2 at …

North Carolina has been mighty impressive so far this season, especially given its tough nonconference slate. The Tar Heels are 12-1 with key wins over Kansas, Kentucky, Ohio State and St. Bonaventure. Carolina is also heading into ACC play as the No. 12 team in the country and has the tools to win an ACC title and, potentially, a national …

The freshman is already a star. We all heard the pre-season talk about Keaton Wagler. And, if you have followed the Illini basketball team the past 5-10 years, you know head coach Brad Underwood loves to hype his players — especially newcomers. And while it’s often nice to hear how certain players look in practice, he throws the word elite …

The Wisconsin men’s basketball team is off to an 8-4 start including a 1-1 record in the Big Ten. The Badgers return to action on Tuesday, Dec. 30, against UW-Milwaukee before getting back to conference play against No. 5 Purdue on Saturday, Jan. 3. Have a question about Wisconsin’s season so far, or the schedule ahead? Ask beat reporter John …

Is Kofi Cockburn coming back to college? Why Illinois fans think center’s fake viral rumor is real originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Kofi Cockburn was an absolutely dominant center in his college career at Illinois. Advertisement Now, there are Fighting Illini fans who believe he’s coming back to …

Frankly it’s not the kind of record basketball programs are eager to advertise. Before our current era of all-kinds-of-stats-circulated-all-the-time, some coaches and sport information directors actually worked to suppress sharing how many turnovers their teams or players committed. A negative stat, don’t you know? These days turnover totals are routinely available, just part of the picture we all can see. …

After a brief stint in the top 25 of the AP Poll earlier this month, USC men’s basketball dropped out of the rankings after an upset loss to Washington. Following a strong finish to nonconference play, however, the Trojans are back in the top 25, coming in at No. 24 in the latest poll. After head coach Eric Musselman called …

As 2026 approaches, Louisville and Kentucky basketball are closing out their nonconference slates — the early stretch that tests lineups, exposes weaknesses and showcases what’s ahead. The UofL and UK men’s programs have spent the season’s opening weeks searching for rhythm, identity, health and consistency under their second-year coaches, Pat Kelsey and Mark Pope. Meanwhile, the UofL women’s program has …

I thought that since college basketball is on break until Saturday, it would be a good time to check in on how the conference stacks up at this point of the season. With conference play underway, these are the metrics for each of the Big East teams. UConn NET Ranking – 8 Advertisement KenPom – 7 Torvik – 2 Villanova …

I wasn’t watching the game 20 years ago. I don’t remember why, exactly, as I usually found time to make sure I watched the annual Braggin’ Rights game. It was the first season I was coaching with the varsity at Webster Groves, so perhaps we had some game or practice or something going on. It probably didn’t help that the …

The 2025-26 season opened with both urgency and optimism for both of Northwestern’s basketball teams. For the men’s team, Chris Collins put together a completely retooled lineup following the departure of Brooks Barnhizer, welcoming eight new arrivals and bringing back seven returners. On the women’s side, the team is embracing a farewell tour for the program’s winningest coach, Joe McKeown, …

At the beginning of the season, I laid out a preview of my thoughts for the year. You can find them here. Now that we are almost entirely out of non-conference play, I figured I would revisit some of the things that have happened so far. It didn’t take long for the Huskers to begin its reign with the nation’s …

Villanova’s Kevin Willard hammers ‘clueless’ NCAA in fiery rant about eligibility rules appeared first on ClutchPoints. Add ClutchPoints as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Villanova is now 10-2 on the season, after a 64-56 victory over Seton Hall to open Big East play. The team has won three straight since Villanova lost to Michigan earlier this year. While speaking …